Crafting satisfying TV show endings has always been a challenging feat.
On the flip side, there have been many series that have managed toget it right.
With this in mind, read on to reminisce about the most devastating TV show endings of all time.
Warning: Major spoilers ahead!
AsEntertainment Weekly’s review of the finale made clear, the ending was shocking, violent, and conclusive.
VIc’s fate wasn’t as final, but it was no less devastating.
“We’ve always viewed Vic as a shark.
“Is he going to search for his kids?
Is he going to pursue his own sort of police work on his own time?
Is he going to do something postal?
I don’t know.
But Idothink the shark swims forward.”
Jesse then strangles Todd to death while Walt shoots and kills Jack.
AsBustlerecalled in a retrospective, the “Fresh Prince” finale was “pretty traumatic.”
He ultimately realizes his immature attempts won’t prevent the inevitable, and he says his goodbyes.
Despite Will’s efforts to prevent the house from selling, Uncle Phil nevertheless entrusts him with the keys.
Yet anyone paying attention could have guessed that their forbidden attraction was not going to end well.
When the horror of that realization hits him, Hawkeye breaks down, sobbing uncontrollably.
“In a lot of ways, we think this is a fate worse than death.
The entire season, it turned out, had never actually happened.
Viewers later see the wreckage of the boat after an explosion, with Dexter presumed dead.
Jax then sends his sons off with his ex-wife Wendy (Drea de Matteo).
“I need you to promise to check that my boys leave this place,” he tells her.
“So they don’t become what I’ve become.”
